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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ferdinand think about Huismans' museum?
(a) We have masks in our homes, we do not need a museum.
(b) This will preserve our African culture.
(c) Europeans will not want to see it.
(d) People should not pay to see African artifacts in Africa.

2. How does the President manage the war in the town and surrounding area?
(a) He calls in United Nations peace keepers.
(b) He sends mercenaries who shoot two of the army officers.
(c) He conscripts the villagers into his own army.
(d) He moves his capital to the town.

3. What is the clear difference between Salim and Father Huismans, aside from religion?
(a) Father Huismans is young but Salim is old
(b) Salim likes women but Huismans prefers boys
(c) Father Huismans is an optimist but Salim is pessimistic.
(d) Salim knows business but the Father cannot administer the school

4. On his trip to the central part of Africa, who stops Salim often for money or supplies?
(a) People wanting to escape
(b) Beggars
(c) Tribal leaders
(d) Men with guns

5. Fearful of the growth of the town, what happens among the villagers?
(a) The villagers see an opportunity for business.
(b) They are pushed further and further into the outskirts.
(c) The villagers dislike the increased population but do not return to the villages.
(d) They begin to fear it and talk of destroying it rises again.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Salim go to see at the lycee?

2. How does Mahesh finally make it big?

3. How does Father Huismans see himself?

4. Why does the Belgium not eat the food in the lycee dining room?

5. What begins happening to the town as the area becomes more peaceful?

(see the answer key)

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